Stansifer Fellowship Fund

Latin American Studies is pleased to announce a competition for the Stansifer Fellowship Fund for 2010-2011. This fund was endowed by Professor Emeritus Charles Stansifer. The award is for the support of graduate students planning to complete a doctorate in the study of Middle America (defined as Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean.)

Priority is to be given first to students of Central America (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, or Panama) second to Mexico, third to the Caribbean, and fourth to students of relations between the United States and any Middle American country.

Graduate students from any department in the College of Arts and Sciences are eligible. An interdisciplinary committee from Latin American Studies will decide the competition. The award will depend upon the interest from the endowment but will not exceed $5000 per year. A student may hold the fellowship in succeeding years, at the discretion of the committee.

Applications are due Tuesday, March 23 and should include a letter of interest, including why the candidate deserves to receive thefellowship, three letters of recommendations, and transcripts from graduate and undergraduate institutions.

Applications and nominations for the fellowships can be sent to Latin American Studies, 320 Bailey Hall.

GRASP Scholarly Presentation Award

This year, with the funds that GRASP has earned from the Graduate Professional Association (GPA), we have decided to offer financial support for academic presentations to the graduate students in the department. There are enough funds to offer two awards of $50 each, which can be used for registration and/or travel expenses. These funds need to be allocated by the end of March, so the deadline for submissions is March 12, 2010.

We hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity!

Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature

Mid-America Conference on Hispanic Literature | October 28-30, 2010
Washington University in St. Louis

The conference’s Organizing Committee seeks proposals for individual presentations and panels on aspects of Hispanic literatures and cultures. Panels are encouraged, as are papers related to the conference theme: "The Past in the Present: Revolutions, Reactions, Transgressions." http://artsci.wustl.edu/~machl/

Proposals of no more than 250 words may be written in Spanish or English and should be sent to machl@artsci.wustl.edu by March 22, 2010. Potential conference participants will be notified by May 8, 2010. Please indicate whether you will need projector and screen for your laptop.

Topics may include, but are not limited to:
· Centennial and bicentennial celebrations
· Uses of history in the present
· Writing and war
· Rethinking identities
· Literature as resistance
· Communities in flight
· Comparative literary and cultural moments
· Hispanic literary studies in a new century, in a new decade
· Patriotism and the politics of culture
· Performing the national and the universal
· Studies in Hispanic theater, film and performance art
· New interdisciplinary connections and methods

Book Exhibit:

There will be an exhibit where books published by conference participants will be showcased and for sale. If you would like for your book to be included in the exhibit, please send the complete publication information with ISBN.

EL BICENTENARIO: RAZONES, INCERTIDUMBRES Y CONSECUENCIAS TRANSCONTINENTALES EN LA LITERATURA, LA LENGUA Y LA CULTURA

EL BICENTENARIO: RAZONES, INCERTIDUMBRES Y CONSECUENCIAS TRANSCONTINENTALES EN LA LITERATURA, LA LENGUA Y LA CULTURA

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

Santiago Juan Navarro-Florida International University
María Rita Plancarte Martínez-Universidad de Sonora, México

Con el fin de conmemorar el bicentenario de la(s) independencia(s) latinoamericana(s), El Simposio Anual de Estudiantes de Maestría y Doctorado de la Universidad Estatal de Arizona examinará y discutirá el estado de la literatura, la cultura, la lengua y el cine en ambos lados del Atlántico.

A pesar de dar preferencia a trabajos que traten sobre el tema de la independencia y sus ramificaciones, otros temas trasatlánticos serán igualmente considerados. La fecha límite para los trabajos es el 4 de febrero, 2010.

Las solicitudes para la creación de paneles y/o temas de discusión incluyen pero no se limitan a los siguientes tópicos:

-El Bicentenario: Modos de celebración/conmemoración de la independencia en tiempos (hiper)(pos)modernos/ postcoloniales transcontinentales, posicionamientos ideológicos.

-Exploraciones literarias y culturales del Otro, lo extraño y lo subalterno:
Colonialismo/postcolonialismo, racismo/xenofobia, discriminación/exclusión.

-Fronteras y entrecruzamientos (migratorios) en la lengua, la cultura y la literatura: Estudios literarios transcontinentales/transculturales, culturas y artes hibridas, estudios lingüísticos sobre diglosias/heteroglosias, hibridaciones culturales y lingüísticas, aprendizaje de segundas o más lenguas.

-(De)(Re)(Post)construcciones nacionales: Estudios y perspectivas acerca de las identidades nacionales, étnicas, lingüísticas y culturales, historia de la literatura/literatura de la historia antes, durante y después de la independencia.

-Textum/Discursus: Madejas y tejidos literarios, lingüísticos y culturales. Incluyen estudios de narratología, análisis semióticos, semánticos, sintácticos de textos y discursos, posiciones estructuralistas, post-estructuralistas y postmodernistas en la interpretación de textos y
discursos literarios independentistas.

-Thaumatropos/Filmosofía: Lenguajes de imágenes estáticas y en movimiento. Estudios de cine y fotografía y los acercamientos filmosóficos del cine y sus transformaciones transcontinentales para el nuevo milenio.

-Entre risas y llantos literarios: Estudios de lo cómico y lo trágico en la literatura antes, durante y después de la independencia.

-Exploraciones de lo bélico en la independencia: Exploraciones literarias de batallas y alzamientos independentistas, literaturas de las guerras de independencia, revoluciones en las Américas, construcciones de lo heroico.

-Lo hispano/latino/chicano/castellano en el poniente norteamericano: El liberalismo decimonónico entre el suroeste estadounidense y Latinoamérica. Rupturas y aproximaciones literarias y culturales del suroeste estadounidense con la geografía latinoamericana independentista.

- De la península a América y de América a la península: Las producciones culturales en el exilio y la política de la identidad, relaciones transatlánticas después de la independencia.

Ensayos:

Los ensayos podrán ser escritos en inglés o en español. La extensión del trabajo no debe exceder las 10 páginas a espacio doble, suficiente como para leerse en 20 minutos.

Resúmenes:

La fecha límite para la recepción de resúmenes será el 4 de febrero, 2010 y deben enviarse a 13conferenceASU@gmail.com. El resumen deberá redactarse en un máximo de 250 palabras y debe acompañarse con los siguientes datos: título de la ponencia, nombre del autor, dirección electrónica y postal, teléfono y un breve currículo. La fecha límite para la confirmación de
asistencia será el 8 de febrero, 2010 vía correo electrónico o en su defecto
correo postal.

Inscripción:

El costo de la inscripción al simposio será de $25. Y deberá cancelarse una vez confirmada la asistencia del ponente. Los asistentes al simposio no pagan.

Información:

Para mayor información sobre mas detalles de la conferencia, hoteles y atracciones en el área de Phoenix, visite nuestra página web a <http://webdev.uui.asu.edu/sdmu/mu/new/clubs/search.asp?clubid=1402>

http://spagrad.club.asu.edu/

2010-2011 Academic Year Fellowships: Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education

2010-2011 Academic Year Fellowships for KU Undergraduate and Graduate Students
Foreign Language & Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowships from the U.S. Department of Education

Fellowships are available for undergraduate and graduate students of any discipline who study an approved foreign language. All Fellowships are contingent on U.S. Department of Education funding. Undergraduate Academic Year FLAS Fellowships provide up to $10,000 for tuition and a $5,000 stipend for living expenses. Graduate Academic Year FLAS Fellowships provide full KU tuition (restrictions may apply) and a $15,000 stipend for living expenses. Summer 2010 FLAS Fellowships (undergraduate and graduate) provide up to $4,000 for summer tuition and a stipend of $2,500. Travel funds may be available for summer FLAS. All tuition amounts are limited to actual tuition charges. Fellowships are divided by language among the relevant KU area studies centers, each of which has its own set of requirements and deadlines.

Russia, East Europe, & Eurasia
Languages: Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian, Polish, Russian, Slovene, Turkish, Ukrainian.
Deadline for academic year ’10-’11 and Summer ’10 applications is February 12, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-4236, e-mailing crees@ku.edu, or viewing www.crees.ku.edu.

Africa
Languages: Amharic, Wolof, Hausa, Arabic, KiSwahili.
Deadline for academic year ’10-’11 and Summer ’10 applications is February 1, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-3745,
e-mailing kasc@ku.edu, or viewing www.kasc.ku.edu

East Asia
Languages: Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Tibetan, Uyghur.
Deadline for academic year ’10-’11 and Summer ’10 applications is February 16, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-3849, e-mailing ceas@ku.edu, or viewing www.ceas.ku.edu/academics/flas.shtml.

The Center for Global & International Studies
Languages: Arabic, Chinese (Mandarin), Hebrew, Hindi, Mongolian, Persian (Farsi), Turkish, Uyghur
Deadline for academic year ’10-’11 applications is April 1, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-1120, e-mailing cgis@ku.edu, or viewing http://global.ku.edu/students/fellowgrants.shtml

Latin America
Languages: Portuguese, Kaqchikel Maya, Quichua, Spanish (advanced graduate level only), and Haitian Creole
Deadline for academic year ’10 –’11 applications is February 1, 2010.
More information and applications are available by calling 785-864-4213, emailing latamst@ku.edu, or at www.ku.edu/~latamst

Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico: Research Paper Series and Reference Works Series

University of New Mexico • Latin American and Iberian Institute

The Latin American and Iberian Institute at the University of New Mexico is soliciting submissions by faculty and graduate students for publication in the LAII’s peer-reviewed, electronic Research Paper Series and Reference Works Series.

The Research Paper Series provides a venue for the publication of academic research. Relevant disciplines include Anthropology, Art History, Economics, Education, Gender, Cultural Studies, Geography, Health Sciences, History, Journalism, Linguistics, Literature, Music, Natural Sciences, Political Science, Sociology, and related fields. Interdisciplinary research is encouraged. Submissions should focus on Latin America and/or Iberia (Spain and Portugal). Papers may be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. It is recommended that papers have a length of 5,000-8,750 words, including notes and bibliography.

The Reference Works Series is a forum for bibliographies, book reviews, interviews, archival indices, catalogs, and other important material that is not suitable for publication as a research paper. Submissions should focus on Latin America and/or Iberia (Spain and Portugal). Papers may be written in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Submission length is variable but should be appropriate to the content and purpose of the subject.

Please refer to the submission guidelines at http://laii.unm.edu/resources/publications/paper-series/.

A full-text archive of previously published titles in the Research Paper Series and Reference Works Series is available online at http://laii.unm.edu/resources/publications/papers/.

Deadline for submissions is February 26, 2010

For questions or further information, contact:
Keira Philipp-Schnurer
E-mail (preferred): committees@laii.unm.edu
Latin American and Iberian Institute
Phone: (505) 277-7049
MSC0 1690
Fax: (505) 277-5989
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-000

Wake Forest University: Conference on Spanish and Hispanic American Poetry

Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC
April 9 - 10, 2010

Suggested Topics:

Poetry and society
Poetry and politics
Poetry of all Periods
Poetry and intertextuality
Bilingual poetry
Poetry and translation
Hispanic and Chicano poetry
Poetry and History

Chairs: Candelas Gala and Kathryn Mayers

Abstracts should be no more than a page and should include paper title, affiliation, address, telephone number and e-mail address. Presentations should be limited to 20 minutes.

Proposals for panels/sessions should include title, a brief explanation of the session, the title of each presentation and the above information for each participant. (By attachment)

Participants may either present a paper or participate in one of the poetry readings. Participants in the poetry readings should send copy of their publications, and title of books published. (By mail)

Papers may be read (and abstracts submitted) in Spanish or English and sent to Candelas Gala at:

Candelas Gala
Wake Forest University
Department of Romance Languages
7566 Reynolda Station
Winston-Salem, NC 27109
email: galacs@wfu.edu
phone: (336)758-5485

Deadline for abstracts/samples of poetry: March 1, 2010.

Registration fee: $80 due upon acceptance. It includes Friday reception, Saturday breakfast, coffee breaks and banquet.

Website: http://www.wfu.edu/romancelanguages/poesia/